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Wikitude Places beta for BB10 launched at BlackBerry Live in Orlando

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ORLANDO 13 May 2013 – As BlackBerry goes “live” with its biggest annual event in Florida tomorrow, so does “Wikitude Places beta” for BlackBerry 10. Wikitude Places beta is the first preliminary release of the next generation of Wikitude on BlackBerry’s new BB10 platform. For the very first time, this beta version shows Wikitude’s whole ... Read more...

Zalando scans fashion with Wikitude augmented reality at 83rd annual Geneva Motor Show

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We’re happy to announce that we’ve recently partnered with the European online fashion retailer Zalando and the automotive design and concept firm Rinspeed, to produce an augmented reality dashboard component featured at the 83rd annual Geneva Motor Show. “As an innovative eCommerce company, mobile commerce is not just a thing of the future for us ... Read more...

Augmented Reality Standard ARML 2.0 in its Final Stage

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This is a special message from our CTO Martin Lechner concerning the recent advancements in the standardization of augmented reality specifications. Having been on board with Wikitude almost since day one, I’ve seen a number of changes within the augmented reality field. With the ever increasing advancements in mobile and web technologies, augmented reality has ... Read more...

Wikitude wins “Best Augmented Reality Developer Tool or Platform” for the second year in a row

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Wikitude takes home both “Best Augmented Reality Browser” and “Best Developer Tool or Platform” awards at the Augmented Planet Readers Choice Awards 2012. Wikitude, the world leader in augmented reality experiences is happy to announce their win of both the “Best Augmented Reality Browser” and the “Best Developer Tool or Platform” awards. These awards were ... Read more...

Wikitude announces Appcelerator Titanium Module

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We’re happy to announce the upcoming release of the Wikitude Titanium Module that will enable Appcelerator developers to easily embed Wikitude’s powerful augmented reality features into their Titanium project. Using Appcelerator’s SDK, developers may code in JavaScript, and then output in Objective-C for iOS and Java for Android. Announced at Appcelerator’s CODESTRONG conference in San ... Read more...

Wikitude provides the first augmented reality plugin for PhoneGap

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Wikitude, the world leader in augmented reality experiences is proud to announce it’s availability for the leading app building tool, Adobe® PhoneGap™. Now available as a plugin to the PhoneGap library from the Wikitude SDK, developers can use their existing HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript skills to fully realize powerful augmented reality experiences within their app. ... Read more...

Wikitude launches world’s first augmented reality SDK for BlackBerry 10

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We’re happy to announce the availability of our augmented reality SDK for the upcoming BlackBerry® 10 OS. With this release, Wikitude is the world’s first augmented reality tool available to developers around the globe. The Wikitude SDK for BlackBerry10 is based upon Wikitude’s powerful ARchitect engine which allows developers to build upon standard web technologies ... Read more...

Wikitude launches TripAdvisor Augmented Reality App

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Offers 75 million travel reviews and opinions, now available on BlackBerry App World Salzburg 1 August, 2012 – Today, Wikitude announced the TripAdvisor Augmented Reality (AR) app for BlackBerry® smartphones, which allows BlackBerry customers around the globe to instantly access an immersive view of hotels, restaurants, and attractions listed on TripAdvisor®. TripAdvisor Augmented Reality works ... Read more...

The Wikitude Store, now open for SDK business

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With the Wikitude Store, the world’s leading Augmented Reality platform is now offering licensed technology directly. Wikitude, the world’s first and leading Augmented Reality browser has recently launched the Wikitude Store, allowing developers around the globe direct access to Wikitude’s powerful SDK. With the Wikitude SDK, developers may quickly and easily develop and distribute their ... Read more...

See Wikitude’s ‘AR window’ live on a mobile web page

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More than three years ago, in October of 2008, Wikitude was the world’s very first Augmented Reality (AR) Browser. At the time Wikitude’s founder Philipp Breuss-Schneeweis pioneered the AR apps space as the Google G1 entered the market providing access to the required sensors like digital compass, GPS and accelerometer – the three basic components ... Read more...